Japanese Dad Stabs Young Son To Death For Not Studying

A young Japanese boy recently lost his life after his father allegedly stabbed him multiple times for failing to prepare for his exam.

According to local authorities, 48-year-old Kengo Satake used a kitchen knife to stab his 12-year-old son Ryota to death, Time reported. The boy was rushed to the hospital but it was too late.

Police immediately arrested the father after the hospital staff in the in Aichi prefecture of Nagoya called the police. The boy’s mother was reportedly at work when the incident happened.

The father told police that he had stabbed Ryota “by mistake” after he “argued with his son for not studying,” NHK reported. His son, who was about to take an entrance exam at a leading private junior high school in Aichi prefecture, lost too much blood from the stabbing, causing him to die in a hospital on Sunday.